Mayawati said on Friday her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not field 'bahubalis’ (strongmen) or mafia candidates in the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections scheduled to be held next year, and announced that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be given a party ticket from Mau again. “The BSP's effort in the upcoming assembly polls will be to not field 'bahubali' and mafia elements. So, the name of Bhim Rajbhar, the BSP UP president, has been finalised from the Mau assembly seat in place of Mukhtar Ansari," she said in one of the tweets in Hindi.

Mayawati said on Friday her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not field 'bahubalis’ (strongmen) or mafia candidates in the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections scheduled to be held next year, and announced that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be given a party ticket from Mau again. “The BSP's effort in the upcoming assembly polls will be to not field 'bahubali' and mafia elements. So, the name of Bhim Rajbhar, the BSP UP president, has been finalised from the Mau assembly seat in place of Mukhtar Ansari," she said in one of the tweets in Hindi.